John Muir doc network joins ‘elite’

The California Association of Physician Groups has come out with its latest “Standards of Excellence” survey of medical groups and IPAs statewide, and not surprisingly many of the same groups dominated the so-called “elite” category.

Newcomers to the highest, elite rank included the John Muir Physician Network and Physicians Medical Group of Santa Cruz, according to Wells Shoemaker, M.D., CAPG’s medical director.

The survey looked at results at 73 medical groups serving 11 million Californians, with the top 30 elite groups accounting for 9 million, or roughly 82 percent. Standards include care management practices, health IT implementation, “accountability and transparency,” and patient-centered care.

All the snooze fit to print

In other news, Dr. Matthew Mingrone, a snoring and sleep apnea expert, has opened a new San Francisco clinic, Eos Sleep Center, that’s part of New York-based Eos Sleep. It opened in January with two ear, nose and throat specialists and a dentist specializing in sleep issues who split time between 50 Post St. and a San Jose outpost. Overall, Eos has six doctors and two dentists, with plans to expand in the near future, Mingrone said.

He was formerly president and medical director of Sereno, a similar San Francisco snoring clinic.